Links to physics web sites
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General Physics Waves Forces and Motion Exam revision Courses GCSE Photography research Journals Companies University
Imaging & Sensing Engineering & Technology Materials Particle & Quantum Relativity Astronomy & Cosmology
Jobs Humour Link sites Science news
The Physics dept. YouTube page.
General Physics Sites
Physics Online http://www.physics-online.com/
The Institute of Physics http://www.iop.org/
American Institute of Physics http://www.aip.org/
The Laws List http://www.alcyone.com/max/physics/laws/
Physics FAQ http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/faq.html
Internet Pilot to Physics http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/
PhysLink http://www.physlink.com/
Museum of Science http://www.mos.org/home.html
Physics Factory http://fp.physics.f9.co.uk/
Physics 2000 http://www.colorado.edu/physics.2000/
The Constants and Equations Page http://www.tcaep.co.uk/index.htm
The Virtual Library http://www.vlib.org/Physics.html
Approximations and Scales http://www.vendian.org/envelope/
Powers of Ten http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm
Learn.uk http://www.learn.co.uk
Colorado University http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Waves
A level Acoustics http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/feschools/
GCSE Acoustics http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/index1.htm
Forces and Motion
Amusement park Physics http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics
British National space centre http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/learningzone.aspx?nid=4852
Java applets on Physics http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/
Lift off! http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/liftoff
The Physics classroom http://www.physicsclassroom.com
Physics Links Sites
BUBL Link Internet Resources http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/physicseducation.htm
Science Gems http://www.sciencegems.com/
Salters Physics (go to Weblinks) http://www.york.ac.uk/org/seg/salters/physics/
Science Search Engine http://www.search4science.com/
Physics Exam Revision
BBC Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/gcsebitesize/science_physics/index.shtml
Physics and Science News
CNN News http://www.cnn.com/TECH/
BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/default.stm
Physics Courses
Eduqas A level Eduqas A level
IB Physics IB Physics
Help with GCSE Topics
BBC Bitesize http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/
Radioactivity http://www.darvill.clara.net/nucrad/index.htm
The Solar System http://freespace.virginnet.co.uk/solar.system/index.html
Vermeer http://www.vermeerscamera.co.uk
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blphotography.htm
http://www.azuswebworks.com/photography/history.html
http://www.photo.net/history/timeline
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
Scientific Journals
Online journals for use in research
JSTOR (Journal Storage) www.jstor.org
This is a library of hundreds of journals. It should recognise that you are using a Bryanston computer and so there is no need to log on. Just click on ‘Search’.
You may find that, as this is a resource used at university level, the articles you find are way beyond what you need, but there may be some gems in there.
Scientific American www.sciamdigital.com
Log on using the username ‘bryanston’.
Others
You can also search Materials World back copies at www.iom3.org/materialsworld/ and some Physics World articles at physicsworld.com.
Physics Review can be searched online at www.physrev.york.ac.uk and hard copies can be found in the bookcases.
Major Companies and Organisations
Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (Rutherford-Appleton)
http://www.clrc.ac.uk/index.asp
Particle Physics Research http://www.pparc.ac.uk/
CERN http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/
Fermilab http://www.fnal.gov/
Lawrence Livermore Labs http://www.llnl.gov/
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
Joint European Torus http://www.jet.efda.org/
DESY http://www.desy.de/
The Science Museum http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
RS Catalogue online http://rswww.com/
University Physics Departments
Aberdeen http://www.abdn.ac.uk/physics/
Bath http://www.bath.ac.uk/physics/
Birmingham http://www.bham.ac.uk/physics/
Bristol http://www.phy.bris.ac.uk/
Brunel http://www.brunel.ac.uk:8080/depts/ph/
CalTech http://www.caltech.edu/
Cambridge (Cavendish) http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/
Cambridge (DAMPT) http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/
Durham http://www.dur.ac.uk/Physics/
Edinburgh http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/
Glasgow http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/
Imperial College London http://www.ph.ic.ac.uk/
Kent http://www.ukc.ac.uk/physical-sciences/
King’s College London http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/phys_eng/physics/top.html
Lancaster http://www.lancs.ac.uk/users/spc/physics.htm
Leeds http://www.leeds.ac.uk/physics/
Leicester http://www.le.ac.uk/physics/
Liverpool http://www.ph.liv.ac.uk/
Manchester http://www.ph.man.ac.uk/physics/
Oxford http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/
Newcastle http://www.phys.ncl.ac.uk/
Nottingham http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/
QMW London http://www.ph.qmw.ac.uk/
Royal Holloway, London http://www.ph.rhbnc.ac.uk/
St. Andrews http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/
Southampton http://www.phys.soton.ac.uk/
Surrey http://www.ph.surrey.ac.uk/
Sussex http://www.sussex.ac.uk/physics/
Swansea http://python.swan.ac.uk/
UCL http://www.phys.ucl.ac.uk/
UMIST http://www.umist.ac.uk/
Imaging and Sensing
Scanning Tunneling Microscope http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/gallery.html
Queensland Microscopy http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
Microworld http://www.mwrn.com/guide.htm
Space Imaging http://www.spaceimaging.com/
NASA Radar Imaging http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/
Earthshots http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
WeatherEye http://www.airtime.co.uk/users/homebase/
Pointillist paintings http://www.wetcanvas.com/RefLib/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Virtual_Museum/S/Seurat_-_Georges/Paintings&img=
The Visual Human http://www.dhpc.adelaide.edu.au/projects/vishuman2/
Anglo-Australian Observatory Images http://www.aao.gov.au/images/
Space Imaging http://www.spaceimaging.com/index.htm
Ultrasound Pictures http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/frames.htm
How Digital Cameras Work http://www.soundvisioninc.com/howdcw.htm
Satellite Imaging http://www.esa.int/gallery/
Space Imaging http://www.spaceimaging.com/level1/index24.htm
Engineering and Technology
BBC Technology http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/technology/
Ekranoplan http://www.cl.spb.ru/taranov/Index.htm
Aeronautics http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/
Aerodynamics http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bga.html
Energy http://dir.lycos.com/Science/Technology/Energy/
Nanotechnology http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=nanotechnology;list
Amusement Park Physics http://www.learner.org/exhibits/park-physics
Centruy in Communication http://www.sciam.com/explorations/1999/112999comm/index.html
Bridge Building http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/
International Titanium Association http://www.titanium.org/
Roller Coaster Physics http://141.104.22.210/Anthology/Pav/Science/Physics/book/home.html
Materials Science
Materials Database http://www.matweb.com/
General starting points
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/records/NI000666.html
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/
Kevlar http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/Kevlar/
Plastics in cars http://www.sae.org/automag/plastics/05.htm
Polymers http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/index.htm
Conducting polymers -- Nobel prize site
http://www.nobel.se/announcement/2000/chemistry.html
http://www.designinsite.dk/htmsider/m1328.htm
http://homepage.dtn.ntl.com/colin.pratt/cpoly.htm
Light emitting polymers
http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/2k0821.html
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_224537.html
http://www.briefme.com/a/article.cgi?id=28935&uid=284625
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG19990210S0057
http://www.engineering2us.com/editorial/features/jul00/f_20000707.asp
MDF http://www.anu.edu.au/Forestry/wood/mdf/toc.html http://www.pbmdf.com/
Wood http://www.wwpa.org/woodinfo.htm
Structures and Materials Improving Air and Space Travel http://www.larc.nasa.gov/research/sandm/
Spin offs from space research http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/factsheets/factsheets/spinoffs/
Silly Putty http://www.vern.com/putty/links/
International Rubber Research and Development Board http://www.irrdb.org/
Plastics http://www.set.usm.edu/~frobinsn/intro_to_plastics.html http://www.joesherlock.com/fifties4.html
Smart materials
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/050596explorations.html
http://www.iop.org/Journals/sm
http://www.nature.com/nsu/000217/000217-8.html
Glass http://www.glasslinks.com/newsinfo/physics.htm
Bullet proofing http://www.npo-sm.ru/e_index.html
http://www.ce.ufl.edu/activities/bullet/buletndx.html
Carbon fibre http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1320/
Concrete
http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/dome_e/history/tech/concrete.html
http://ebooks.whsmithonline.co.uk/encyclopedia/13/M0039713.htm
Iron
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/glihc/articles/carrhist.html
http://www.mohawk.net/~djberry/Environmental/iron2.htm
Composites http://callisto.my.mtu.edu/MY472/
http://composite.miningco.com/industry/composite/
Nanomaterials
http://www.nanomat.com/nanoint.htm
The future of materials
http://www.mrs.org/publications/bulletin/21stcen/
Ceramics
http://www.acers.org/cic/cic.asp
http://www.ceramics.org/outreach/precollege.asp (includes movies!!)
http://www.ceramics.com/list.html
http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/9611.Kokini.ceramic.html
http://www.nvinet.com/~cffc/engines.htm
International Titanium Association http://www.titanium.org/
Particle Physics and Quantum Theory
Table of Nuclides http://sutekh.nd.rl.ac.uk/CoN/
New Scientist : Quantum World http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/quantum/genious.html
Antimatter http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter
Particle Physics Events at LEP http://hepwww.ph.man.ac.uk/~events/home.html
World of Particles http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/Microcosm/
Particle Adventure http://durpdg.dur.ac.uk/lbl/particleadventure/index.html
Big Bang Science http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/pub/bigbang/part1.html
Particle Physics Masterclass http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/~gibson/masterclass.html
Particle Physics in the UK http://hepweb.rl.ac.uk/ppUK/
UK Fusion http://www.fusion.org.uk/
Diagrams of Collider Events http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk//WIRED/native-1.1/noframes/main.html
Relativity
Numerical Relativity Exhibits http://jean-luc.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Exhibits/
Astronomy and Cosmology
'D' Planets data
http://www.telescope.org/nuffield/pas/solar/solar7.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/teachers/orbiting.html
HINODE (Solar-B) NASA, UK , Japan
SOHO http://soho.esac.esa.int/
The Cosmos and Alien Life http://www.the-cosmos.com/data/english/enhanced/
Current Solar Data http://www.maj.com/sun/index.html
Solar Images http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest.html
Mars Pathfinder http://mars.sgi.com/default.html
Extrasolar Planets http://www.obspm.fr/encycl/encycl.html
European Southern Observatory http://www.eso.org/
Arecibo Observatory http://www.naic.edu/
Planetscapes http://planetscapes.com/
BBC Space http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/
Hubble Space Telescope http://www.stsci.edu/
Bad Astronomy http://badastronomy.com
The Eclipse site http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
The Solar System http://www.solarsystem.f2s.com/
Violence in the Cosmos http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/violence-root.html
Astronomy Information http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/leaflets/index.html
The Big Bang http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm
Physics Jobs
IoP List http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/FORUM/JOBS/
Physics Humour!!
Physics and Science Fun, Humor, Jokes, Cartoons... http://www.physlink.com/fun.cfm
HotAir Online Magazine http://www.improb.com/